Most Improved Player
The Most Improved Player award is about growth, commitment, and consistency. It recognizes the player who showed the greatest improvement in both skill and work ethic from the beginning of the season to the end. That may be a first-year player who developed quickly, or it may be a returning veteran who made a major leap in his overall game. It can also recognize someone who battled back from injury or adversity and came back stronger. More than anything, this award is for the player whose progress was clear, steady, and meaningful all season long.
MOST IMPROVED
1986 – TYLER STEVENSON (G)
1987 – KEN HERMAN
1988 – TODD REIDLINGER
1989 – CRAIG GOLBY
1990 – CHRIS HOLM
1991 – JASON MCFARLANE
1992 – BRAD PETERSON
1993 – DAVID GILBERT
1994 – RYAN LOCKHART (G)
1995 – DARRIN CORBIN
1996 – DARCY JOHNSON
1997 – JAMIE BRANDON
1998 – JEFF WILLOUGHBY
1999 – JUSTIN WYATT
2000 – BRIAN POTTER; MATT HERON
2001 – TJ BABEY
2002 – KELLY LYNESS (G)
2003 – MATT MELBOURNE
2004 – MIKE HUCULAK
2005 – ANDREW MORKIN
2006 – JASON SKRYPNYCHUK
2007 – LANE MALCOLM
2008 – DEREK SCHLAMP
2009 – JOEL CULVER
2010 – JEFF DERWENT
2011 – MATT HOWATT
2012 – TYLER HUGHES (G)
2013 – EDDY TRACY
2014 – ZAC JOHNS
2015 – HARRISON SMITH
2016 – SPENCER BARLOW
2017 – MICHAEL STACH
2018 – KYLE DUNVILLE
2019 – LUC THORIMBERT
2020 – TYSON LEDUKE
2021 – N/A
2022 – CABE BLINDKILDE
2023 – JAKE SNASHALL
2024 – HUNTER COBB
2025 – JAKOB SEMENIUK
